Viking
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History | |
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Name | Viking |
Owner | 1905 - 1954: Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. |
Operator | 1905 - 1954: IoMSPCo. |
Port of registry | Douglas, Isle of Man |
Route | 1905 - 1954: Douglas - Fleetwood |
Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle on Tyne |
Cost | £83,900 |
Way number | 118604 |
Laid down | 1905 |
Launched | 9 March 1905 |
In service | 1905 |
Out of service | 1954 |
Identification |
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Fate | Scrapped at Barrow in Furness 1954 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger Steamer |
Tonnage | 1,957 gross register tons (GRT) |
Length | 350 feet (110 m) |
Beam | 42 feet (13 m) |
Depth | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) |
Installed power | 10,000 shp (7,500 kW) |
Propulsion | Three sets of direct-acting turbines manufactured by the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, driving three shafts producing 10,000 shp (7,500 kW) |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Capacity | 2,000 passengers |
Crew | 80 |
SS (RMS) Viking was a steel, triple-screw turbine-driven passenger steamer operated by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company between 1905 and 1954.